Complex that is for sure, great holiday time brew ... cranberries and pumpkin work well. Slight wood element works too. The sourness is just enough to go up against rich holiday fare. Great job on the collab guys! (607 characters)

The beer pours a yellow-orange color with a white head. The aroma is full of cranberries and biscuit malt, with some oak thrown in for good measure. I don't get a ton of spice or tartness in the aroma.

The flavor is a little different. I get a lot of cranberry notes, as well as a little bit of pumpkin and some oak. There is also a little bit of spice in the flavor. There is a little bit of tart dark fruit notes, but it is fairly subtle.

This is from tasting notes – had on tap at the Bryant Lake Bowl and from a 22 oz. bottle. L: This pours cloudy orange amber under a 1” off-white persistent foam collar that grips the side of the glass. S: Tart fruit aromas and fortunately no pumpkin spice. T: Mostly tart fruit with citrus, pumpkin and cranberry. The bottled version is more attenuated and drier than the tap version. The sweetness in the tap version better balances the tartness. Light bitter accent on the finish. F: Medium to medium light body, very soft carbonation, tart. O: Refreshing. On tap the pumpkin and cranberry come out more. The drier bottled version pushes the flavors towards citrus. (676 characters)

Amber orange with a thin white head. Lines of lacing left down the glass.

Sweet, sour, and earthy aroma. The sweetness comes in the form of juicy cranberries, balanced nicely by an earthy pumpkin aroma and traditional fall spices and some black pepper sharpness. Mild tartness lingers throughout.

Flavor is concentrated on the fall spices and earthy pumpkin, along with a mild tartness and a bit of cranberry sweetness, though the berries don't shine as well in the flavor as they do in the aroma.

Cool orange pour with a slight amount of chill haze to it. Really looks and smells like a cranberry and pumpkin beer, with some added tartness beyond what a cranberry can provide.

Not overly acidic, a thin caramel presence, mild malt bill, provides enough sourness, mild wood and cinammon notes, to compliment the pumpkin and cranberry that seem very pure and juicy. Stays away from funkiness, this is a clean beer that finishes astringent and dry.

At only $7-8, this is a great sour beer, widely available, something that can be appreciated by noobs and experienced sour lovers alike. (589 characters)

S: The smell is quite subtle. Hints of oak, tartness, and a fruity (almost candied) sweetness.

T: Mildly tart, cranberry candy with a hay-like aftertaste. There is no hint of actual pumpkin flavor but a strong resemblance to a thinner, sweeter pumpkin ale.

M: Thin, with a slight syrupy feel on the tongue.

O: Had this on tap a few months back and I remember it being slightly better and more tart. Regardless, it's a fairly enjoyable fruit brew but could use a bit more sourness to balance the flavor. (521 characters)

A- This beer pours a slight hazy deep tangerine cola color with a bubble beige head and a wall of bubbles gliding up from the base.

S- The over ripe pumpkin hint has a cranberry tartness to follow that turns a bit musty in the finish. There is a plastic note that comes through as the beer warms aswell.

T- The full carbonic acid flavor has some wheat support and then cranberry tartness turns more lactic in the finish. There are some berry notes that linger in the after taste. The alcohol flavor grows in the finish in the second glass.

M- The full mouthfeel has a soft astringency and some alcohol heat that warms the finish.

O- hints of funk and a growing tartness are mixed with cranberries and pumpkin but there isn't any real malt support and I didn't notice any barrel qualities. It is a bit to many flavors clashing together and is just comes off as a bit odd. (904 characters)

A- Nice clarity, pours a orangish-red. A fast white foamy head the dissipates quickly into a nice thin lacing that reminds me of sparkling wine.

S- Cranberry and a faint tart fruit smell dominates the nose. It has a faint smell of sour that reminds me of a mild La Folie aroma. I get some pumpkin and spice as it warms up and towards the end.

T- I like this one a lot. It reminds me of a cranberry lambic. It does have some pumpkin but i get berry and sour out of this more then pumpkin and spice. I would like a little more sour but its there enough to satisfy. It does leave a nice dry finish from the oak.

M- Nice and refreshing. The carbonation is very lively and crisp. I feel this has a nice effervescence to it that makes it a good substitute for sparkling cider at the holiday dinner table.

O- A great twist on a pumpkin beer. I feel the cranberry dominates the palate but still one of my favorite pumpkin ales to date. I feel if they ( New Belgium ) up the pumpkin flavor and sour presence it would be a great sour. (1,080 characters)

New Belgium's Kick is another collaboration with Elysian. This one is 75% ale brewed with pumpkin and cranberry juice, 25% ale aged in wooden barrels.

Served cool into a New Belgium goblet, Kick is a pale golden amber with just the slightest hint of pink. The head is thick at first and settles slowly.

The aroma is a little sweet and a little tart. The cranberry is more dominant than the pumpkin. Oak is subtle as well but it's there in the background.

Flavor is surprisingly tart and tannic. The pumpkin ale base is merely a backdrop for the cranberry. It almost seems to have a wild yeast character to it with that sour funk. Pretty well balanced overall.

Mouthfeel is medium bodied and nicely carbonated.

Overall a solid beer that lives up to its name. Pick up one of these for Thanksgiving dinner. (818 characters)

Pretty standard-looking beer in appearance, not at all betraying its wild, experimental origins. (75% ale brewed with pumpkin and cranberry, 25% ale aged in wooden barrels) Thin white head, doesn't last long, and the color is a gold of nearly total clarity, and with just a shade of red within it. Gobs of lace, and whole sheet of the stuff.

Weird, smells kind of lager-y, with no real hint of the pumpkin or wood, but a definite generic sourness seems to be the cranberries poppin'. I don't mean this to be insulting, but it has that kind of ho-hum smell that various Magic Hat experiments have. Just sayin'.

I'm getting a bit of wood in the flavor, and a lot of tart cranberry, and just a bit of a vanilla kiss (more like a peck) and more fruity characteristics, like green apple and gooseberry. But I get none of the pumpkin, and that's disappointing. There's a sweet spice character that reminds me of the same sort of spices you get in a pumpkin ale, but really, that pumpkin flavor, as subtle as it may be, should really be here. It's not. Lemon rind pucker in the finish. Body is light and crisp, although also pretty sticky, which keeps that tart/sour citrus rind thing riding out for a long time. An almost vodka-like character to the alcohol, not eye-poppingly hot like that, but a clean and breezy warmth that draws the comparison.

Worth a try, because it's a damn original idea, but really, you're all tasting pumpkin in this? C'mon now. Maybe I just lost my mind because of the 12 pumpkins leering at me from the bottle (I love a quality higher ABV pumpkin ale, I do), and didn't consider the cranberry or wood character enough. Thought it was an amazing idea, and it still is, but I'm afraid the Great Pumpkin isn't ever gonna show in Kick, Linus. Good grief.

[I always try and drink most beers a degree or two under the recommend temp...I want those flavors to pop like a mother. After some warming I got a fleshy, earthy tone that may just be the pumpkin peeking through...so, okay Linus, maybe you saw that Great Pumpkin behind the cloud cover, peeking and leering and teasing...but still...] (2,113 characters)

Surprisingly tasty and a nice sour. Very lacey, on Orange peach body, a great picture.A little funky yeast. Orange citrus taste, the cranberry is there and its just observable. The pumpkin is in the secondary. A good pumpkin for people like me outpumpkined. December 2011 bottle. My only complaint is the cranberry should be natural cranberries and not added in j. Thanks FlandersNed. (384 characters)

Semi-cloudy golden here upon pouring, with about 2 fingers of carbonation. Lace is attractive and dense -- thick with windows. Nice.

Nose is fruity and tart. I get the cranberry, for sure.

Taste is sour cranberry. I don't detect the pumpkin nor the wooden barrels at all, just a tart cranberry. Overall, quite tasty, but not quite living up to the flavors promised. Solid, but missing some of the promise/premise. (415 characters)

Interesting brew... what is it? "75% ALE BREWED WITH PUMPKIN AND CRANBERRY JUICE, 25% ALE AGED IN WOODEN BARRELS" - never before has a description defined a beer so clearly.

It's a clear dark gold/amber in the glass beneath a frothy head of off-white. The head retention is good; the lacing could be better.

The nose expresses pumpkin meat followed by a light touch of sharp fruitiness (obviously from the cranberry). There's a hint of spiciness but I'm not sure where that's coming from. It could be from the wood, from the alcohol, or from actual spices although none are listed.

The flavor displays much more woodiness than the nose lets on. There's even a note of vanilla. And again, there is a spiciness, but where from...? Who knows? The Pumpkin is displayed, and the cranberries are evident, as is the sourness.

So what of the flavor then? Does it work? Well, yes. The tartness isn't that strong. It takes it to the edge, but then it stops. There's a certain amount of sugar that's like a rim that keeps it in check. Then the pumpkin adds a layer of support beneath that. What malt flavor is there is mostly just a grainy base, but that balances too. The oak is probably the most predominant note in the finish, leaving it quite dry with just a hint of vanilla backing it up. It's a bit odd upfront, but then it all comes together nicely.

So what to say about the overall impression, or judging, of this beer? It's unique for sure, so that earns points. And it's very well put together. But in conclusion it just doesn't "inspire" - it's very good but it's not very great. I like the unique quality of it but I'm not sure that everyone else will see that. On the other hand, as a pumpkin beer, it completely stands out!!! (1,770 characters)

Taste is... impressive. Price point aside, this comes across as a nice tart lambic with some cranberry character evident. Maaaaybe pumpkin, but maybe not. Wood isn't particularly evident here, but it may have taken the edge off of the vinegar character.

Mouthfeel is a tad sudsy, but no complaints.

This was impressive to see from a mainstream brewery. Price-point wise for a Bretty beer that's incredibly well-balanced, it's awesome. (596 characters)